Do you ever reminisce about something in your life that was instrumental or impactful in some way? Such was the case as we undertook downsizing of our “stuff” (remember George Carlin’s monologue?).

ARLINGTON — It's not every day that a small shop receives a gift from a famous actor, out of the blue. But two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks put Cambridge Typewriter Co. Inc. on the map on April 4 by ...

Ron Saba forcefully snaps each key on an old Olympia typewriter he’s opened up on his workbench. Meticulously, he wipes down the letters and sprays some sewing machine oil into the mechanics. When ...